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Hi, I'm Sher Dillard. I'm the author of "You Are a Medium." I wrote this book to help you to understand about how you're already communicating with those on the other side and how you not only communicate with them, but how you help them through facing the challenges in your day-to-day ups and downs.
I also wrote the book for another purpose, and that is to help you to better develop your own ability to communicate with loved ones and others on the other side in the spirit realm. The way that I teach intuition, psychic ability, is through the understanding of your innate intuitive type. Now, when we work with mediumship, I call this your innate medium type. What that is, is it's the way that you already naturally and normally connect and communicate intuitively with those on the other side. And you do do this whether or not you recognize it.
The spirit realm is not far away. It's not in a distant place, and it's not only for a special few to be able to connect with those on the other side. It's an innate quality. It's an innate sense that we all possess. Some of us are kind of like, some of us are better at singing or doing another ability. Some of us are more naturally attuned to this ability, this vibration, and therefore, um, you know, we can kind of understand those on the other side better, see them, communicate, hear them. But it's something that we all have innately.
I call the four primary ways of connecting with those on the other side the medium type, like I was just speaking of. The four different ways are: emotional mediums. And emotional mediums are people who have more of a emotional connection with those on the other side. They may feel their loved ones as a wave of love, of comfort. They may feel, um, the unconditional love that the other side has. Emotional mediums are similar to empaths. How an empath in the physical world can feel what another is feeling here as a friend or a neighbor or just someone they meet, they can kind of tune into their emotional energy. Um, an emotional medium is kind of an empath with those on the other side. A lot of the messages they get are more messages of love, forgiveness, comfort, and they are also tend to be very good at helping people connect emotionally with their loved ones, to feel their love, and to be able to feel their presence in that way, through their love.
A mental intuitive medium is someone who connects with those on the other side more through their thought energy. Uh, often mental mediums may hear audio, um, messages. It may even come through as their own voice. Rarely does it come in as sounding like the voice of the loved one on the other side. A lot of people do this, and they just feel like it's they're talking to themselves, you know, driving the car or doing something. You feel like you're, um, you know, just kind of having a conversation with yourself or imagining what your father or mother or grandfather might be saying to you. Mental mediums also receive communication with the other side through just this kind of quick knowing, too. Um, it comes in as pure intuitive awareness in that way of just, uh, knowing that they're there, knowing what they, their thoughts are, knowing what they would think about something.
A physical medium, uh, connects with those on the other side in a more physical way. Now, what would that be like? Uh, although we all, um, are able to kind of connect with and feel and experience, um, certain signs from our loved ones once they're over, uh, something like perhaps finding feathers or a certain bird coming to the window, um, physical mediums tend to tune into that better and notice it and actually have more encounters in that way. A physical medium may also feel the presence of a loved one as like a comfort, a hand on their shoulder, or, um, they may smell, um, their grandmother's perfume or a father's cigar smell or something like that. It's, it's a little bit more tangible than, you know, an emotional or mental intuitive. Physical mediums can also hold photos of loved ones or others on the other side and be able to connect with with them, uh, tune into them in that way, a little easier, too.
A spiritual medium is someone who is able to, um, connect more energetically, more through spirit energy. That is often comes through as clairvoyance. People who, uh, may see, uh, streaks of light or maybe an outline of a loved one or actually even see a physical presence, um, of a ghost or someone from the other side. A lot of times that's more of a spiritual medium that does that.
Um, what's interesting is a lot of times people think that all mediums receive communication with the other side in the same way, and they really don't. Some mediums will hear more information. They may hear names, um, birth dates, um, uh, you know, hear the nickname, something like that. Um, and, and that's more common for a mental intuitive because they're attuned to the mental vibration of thought in that way. Um, a physical medium, like I was saying, might not hear something like that or know facts like that. They might instead, um, like I said, you know, have more phenomena, or they may be able to hold a picture, or they may be able to hold an object of a loved one and really tune into their energy and be able to communicate, um, with them in that way.
Uh, so, you know, it's important to know your natural type in this way because once you know that type, um, how you're already more attuned, you can further develop it. Because for someone who's a, let's say, a mental medium trying to develop quickly the skills of a physical medium or, you know, or another type, they may get very frustrated because it doesn't seem to be working for them, you know? And I hear that a lot is that, um, certain exercises work for some people, but they don't work for others. Why is that? A lot of times it's for that reason is that we kind of have to find, um, you know, that doorway that we're already more able to access and then go through that door. And, um, it's easier connection in that way.
In the book "You Are a Medium," I do have exercises, um, quizzes that will help you determine your medium type so that, um, you can kind of then go through the different exercises in the book specifically for your medium type. And that's one of the things I want to do right now. Um, and the real purpose of this, um, audio video, um, tape is to, is to go through an exercise with you. Um, what I did in the book is I break the exercises down into three parts, three levels, I call them, um, and, you know, it's important to kind of master one level before you go to the next level. And the three levels each have four ways of doing that, one level based on your medium type. So there's a lot of exercises, as you can imagine, in the book based on your type. And then once you master your type, I suggest you go back to the exercises and then try to develop, um, you know, let's say you're primarily a, um, emotional medium. Once you master the exercises for emotional medium, it's to go back then and practice perhaps the mental medium or the spiritual so that you can become well-versed in all of the different ways to receive and communicate with those on the other side. Um, because to really be able to work or to be effective, um, it can kind of help to have a broader kind of base from which to, to be able to connect with.
Okay, so, um, all right, so let's get started. What we're going to do right now is, um, like I said, I'm going to go through an exercise I do have in the book. And, um, you know, I suggest you might want to get the book. Hopefully, obviously, I hope you get the book and, um, go through them on your own also. I mean, you can listen to this over and over. I'm not going to be able to get through all of the exercises right now. I'm going to begin at the first level, and, um, we'll go from there. We'll see how far we get.
All right, so I suggest that you do these exercises, if possible, in the same place every time you do them. Uh, you will build up kind of a psychic cushion as you do that, and energy builds in certain areas. So, um, you know, it's kind of like for a medium, it's always helpful to sit in the same chair in the same room. Um, it just holds the vibration. So you can start doing that on your own and just have kind of one place where you start to do these exercises.
The next thing you're going to have to do is, um, choose someone who you'd like to connect with on the other side. Um, it's best to begin with someone who's been in the spirit realm for several years and someone who you're no longer necessarily in the intense mourning of their passing. Um, it's sometimes, um, our our grief and our sense of loss, um, it can kind of act as kind of, um, ecstatic, almost, where it's harder at times to have clarity when when we do the exercises. So to begin, anyway, it it might be good to maybe pick someone who's been on the other side for a while and who, um, you'd like to hear from, obviously, and someone who, um, like I said, um, you know, you have kind of worked through any emotional grieving that, um, you've had for this person. And then, you know, you can do it with others, but to begin, anyway, it might be easier.
All right, so, um, you know, before I ever do medium work, and I do it pretty much every day, um, before every client I see, I say a prayer of protection. And, um, what that does is it just invokes the forces, the spirit realm, it invokes, um, white light, love, um, that higher vibration. And, um, it kind of just kind of sets the intent of what I'm calling into the session. I highly suggest you do this, um, highly suggest. I I kind of wouldn't even do any medium or psychic work without invoking, um, intent of who I want to communicate with and, um, it is for the highest good and also that white light protection. And my prayer just goes something like this: Divine Spirit, as I draw close to the spirit realm, I ask for the white light of love and protection. I also ask for my angels, guides, and then you can speak the name of the person that you'd like to connect with. We'll say, um, oh, I don't know. I'm afraid once I say a name, I'm going to invoke that person. We'll say Betty, to be present, surround us with love, and open my heart and mind for the highest good. You don't have to use that, but, you know, any kind of prayer we'll do or invocation.
Um, all right, so we're going to right now do level one. We're doing level one, which is discerning energy vibrations. Uh, it's important to begin in this basic way of just being able to discern a difference between kind of, um, you know, our vibration when we're operating just on a normal basis, uh, you know, on a consciousness level, and when we invite someone from the other side in. It's really important to be able to feel and sense that shift in vibration because once we feel that, then we're able to focus our energy toward that shift and vibration because that shift that we feel, feel is the presence of a loved one. Um, now, you may be fortunate and very quickly see a loved one, so you don't, you know, necessarily, um, feel like you need to focus on the vibration. But the vibration is more than just kind of visually tuning into them. It's also, um, it's kind of like, look at it as the phone line. Um, it's, it's the energy, um, vortex that, uh, helps us to receive information and communicate with them and also send to them. So, um, it's hard to, you know, kind of explain this. It's something that you kind of have to feel, uh, but you will, you will know it when you feel it.
Um, so we're going to do this exercise right now, but, and we're going to begin with an emotional medium. Now, again, an emotional medium is someone who, um, receives energy, more intuitive energy, intuitive information, more through their emotional energy. So the biggest challenge for an emotional medium is usually is learning how to differentiate their emotional energy, their own feelings, from the emotional energy of whoever it is that they're intuiting, receiving from the other side. Um, this level one exercise will help emotional mediums to tune into the emotional energy of a loved one, and it will also highlight the subtle differences and quality of emotional energy from one spirit to another, which is interesting, and that's another way to differentiate who you're talking to.
All right, so if you're not an emotional medium, I I would suggest maybe you want to do this exercise along with us. Um, we will go on to me mental medium after this and the other two, but let's begin with this one. Now, you may not have time to do this right now because I'm going to move through it a little quickly, but, um, if you do this on your own, write down or tape record a list of your current feelings. How are you feeling? Um, just write down anything. You know, don't analyze it or overthink. Um, you know, just, you know, the quality of my feelings today, how how am I feeling right now? Tense, nervous, excited, um, a little confused, whatever it may be. Just write your feelings down. And, um, it can, it can even, you know, include intense feelings or feelings that you've had throughout the week. You know, the the point of this is is to kind of just get a sense of your own emotional charge energy, and then as you write it, you disperse it. So write that down. And, um, the exercise, this exercise is going to help us to develop clairsentience. Now, clairsentience is the ability to connect with energy through feeling. Um, all right, so you ready? Let's go through the exercise.
All right, so close your eyes and begin to breathe long, deep breaths. Notice your breath and send it through the body, loosening, relaxing any stress and tension. Imagine that you're breathing white light down through the top of the head and releasing it through the exhale. Keep breathing and relaxing in this manner a few more times. Breathe and imagine white light breath coming down through the top of your head and surrounding your heart. Breathe this white light of love into your heart as you do this. Imagine your heart opening like the petals of a flower. Keep breathing white light down through the top of the head and into the heart. Feel your heart expand and open. Just open your heart and breathe, just feeling that love moving through the heart energy. As you do this, just draw to your awareness a loved one who has passed over. Repeat their name. You can do this out loud, or you can do it just within your heart, and just send him or her the message that you'd like to communicate. And then ask, ask your loved one to send you an emotion or feeling. Just gently repeat this request a few times and keep breathing and relaxing, feeling your heart open, asking a loved one to send you an emotion or feeling. And as you do that, imagine that you're receiving into your heart the emotional energy of your loved one. You might want to repeat the name of your loved one a few times. Breathe into your heart and open it, and just keep asking for them to send you a feeling or emotion, and then receive it. Just allow yourself to receive it. Just keep inviting and receiving your loved one's emotional energy. As you do this, you can name the emotions and feelings that surface. And again, you can say them aloud, or you can say them just within your own inner self. Putting a name to emotions will help you to recognize them, and it will also help you in the future to better identify and communicate what you're receiving. It might take time to fully be able to discern and name what you're receiving, but just be gentle with yourself. Keep asking for your loved one to send you an emotion or feeling, and then just imagine receiving that and naming that. When you feel as if you've completed all that you can at this time, open your eyes and thank your loved one for their presence. Ask them to continue to work with you in this way again in another session.
All right, so that was level one, discerning the vibration for an emotional medium. I am now going to do the exercise for a physical medium. And again, um, if you're not necessarily primarily a physical medium, it's might be a good idea to practice this exercise to develop this skill a little bit more. The objective at this level one for the physical medium is to become aware of the subtle vibrations that emanate from a photograph or personal object of someone on the other side. The challenge for the beginner physical medium is to become aware of non-physical energy. You know, many physical mediums don't necessarily feel, not like a spiritual medium. You know, a spiritual medium is so aware of the spirit realm and a part of them is kind of always open to that energy. A physical medium is almost the opposite. They're open to physical energy, and sometimes they're a little suspect of anything that might seem spirit, you know, spiritual, spirit realm, you know, anything outside of the five senses can kind of sometimes not seem very real to a physical and medium. Um, but I have to tell you, there are some physical mediums and psychics who are great psychics and mediums. You just have to learn how to work with it.
All right, so in this exercise, you're going to need a picture, object of the loved one with whom you'd like to connect. If you don't have their picture, if you don't have a piece of jewelry or another object that your loved one owned, you can write down their name and, if you know it, their birthday on a piece of paper and then just hold that in your hand. This this technique is called psychometry, and it's a, it's a technique that is incredibly, um, helpful for the physical medium. So you're going to want to hold, um, you know, the the picture, object, or the piece of paper with their name and birthday on it, um, as you do this exercise.
All right, so what we're going to do now is get ready. Ready? We're going to go into a meditation. So you can go ahead and gently close your eyes, relax, begin to breathe long, deep breaths. Notice the breath, send it through the body, loosening and relaxing any stress and tension. Imagine that you're breathing white light down through the top of the head and then release it through the exhale. Keep breathing and relaxing in this manner a few more times. Hold the object or the picture or the piece of paper, like I said, in your hand. Continue to breathe. Imagine white light coming down through the top of the head and moving through your body. Just keep breathing white light down through the top of the head, through your body, and exhale any stress and tension. Now, just draw to your awareness the loved one whose object is in your hand. Just repeat their name a few times. Repeat the name. Breathe and just imagine that you're receiving energy from what you're holding. And again, this could be their picture, or it could be the piece of paper. As you imagine yourself receiving energy from this, imagine that you can also scan your body and become aware of any sensations in your body, especially in your stomach and solar plexus. You might also feel a little heavier all over. You might feel lighter, or you might feel more energized as this energy moves through you. You might feel an odd sensation, or you might just feel a sense, like I said, of more energy somewhere in your body. Keep receiving your loved one's energy in this way. Try to put words to the vibrations that you're receiving from whatever you're holding in your hands. And again, you might want to say this out loud. Now, it might take time for you to practice being able to receive this energy into the body, feeling it in your solar plexus, your hands, just feeling the vibration of a loved one, and then putting that into words. It's okay to just say a heavier energy, a buzzy energy. Um, this is just level one of this exercise. We're going to have other levels to go through to help you to make more sense of this. This is just about receiving this vibration right now, just so you get a sense of receiving a vibration from someone on the other side, a discernible shift in some way in your body. And just take a few moments and continue to hold the paper or the photograph and ask to receive energy, vibration from your loved one. Maybe in your hands again, it could be a tingling, it could be a buzzy feeling in your head. You could actually feel perhaps their hand on your shoulder or on your hand, or maybe somewhere on your body. You can feel a hug, a warm embrace, or just a quick sense of them touching you. Just be open to whatever you receive. And when you feel like you've completed all that you can at this time, just go ahead and open your eyes. Thank your loved one for being present, and then just take your time. You might want to write down what you've received and, um, take note of it. Put in words the best you can.
All right, so we got through the emotional and physical level one. We're also going to do the level one for, um, a mental medium and the spiritual medium. I'm going to be doing that in another, my part two of this series. And, um, thanks so much for listening in. I hope that helped. And again, consider the book "You Are a Medium." These exercises are in the book along with a lot of other exercises and information, and, uh, you'll be able to discern better your own medium type. Thanks so much.